Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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